Hmmm, I don't know, are we *sure* the solution isn't paying 500 cops to stand around playing Candy Crush on their phones?

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I am not the first to mention this but a pocket square is supposed to be mostly hidden in your pocket, why would u have a First amendment pocket square

There are currently 6 permanent full time history jobs in the whole UK. 500+ PhDs being produced a year - not all of whom will want to pursue an academic year but likely most, and of course years will stack up onto each other. What a sector.

This is makes me happy

I’d delete that U2 album forever, so it never comes back up on your phones.

Am mountain stream rushing downhill over rocks, under cloudy skies

A grassy mountain ridge with the remains if a snowy cornice on one side, distant lochs visible under low cloud.

A white stone building among trees with a mountain behind and two people chatting outside Two cars also parked outside.

Me standing in waterproofs on a grassy hill with a view of forestry and mountains behind, blue skies above

Always enjoy trips away with @redropescot.bsky.social but Glen Etive was a wee bit wet last weekend, especially underfoot. At least we finally got some amazing views and sunshine! Climbed Glas Bheinn Mhór and Beinn Trillichean.

Getting a lot of questions about my decision to hire a guy called Roderick The Evil Killer Clown for the role of Ambassador to Circuses

That seems like a lot

later today trump will pay respect to his american christian followers by reading from their holiest text, the alabama age of consent statute

ok hear me out

They are the noblest airmen in America, sire, and the worst led.

me as ryland grace, wearing white shirt and a red jumpsuit, holding a clear backpack with a rocky in it

back view of the cat carrier, rocky is waving

went to bookcon as ryland grace today and i made a quick and dirty rocky to carry around and he’s such a star!! people kept yelling AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE at my back 😂

I’d use the hell out of that

nothing good so far as I'm concerned

(still one of the best college football games I've seen regardless of the outcome)

that's quite a jump! Possibly even a leap

Press releases | Riese & Müller

“Riese & Müller…will cease its business activities in the United States as of July 31, 2026…Key factors include the persistently challenging and increasingly volatile market conditions in the United States.” 😞

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I can't go into that thread, I can't risk the injury to my blocking finger this early in the week

which is a non-trivial use case, as well

back in the day (20 years ago lol) iirc my family in the UK had an incentive to be on the same carrier and text for cost reasons, then just to text, because calls were expensive & texts were not. We use WhatsApp now b/c I can text them for free but not in reverse, & they're on Android and I'm not

I don't want to know if the turtle isn't wearing a monocle, sometimes you need to dream a bit

yeah, the idea that the world would be a better place if iOS hadn't survived is basically the same as the Big 2.5 banking on Chinese cars being banned in the US, the world-wide share of Android tells the story IMO

almost inconceivable amounts of rizz, frankly it's upsetting to be reminded of it

There are so many things Bridget Phillipson could be doing to secure UKHE. It is completely unconscionable that the government is allowing this to happen across the sector, and is trying nothing at all beyond its pointless culture war bollocks. Govern or piss off.

When David told me this story for the first time I laughed so hard that Coors Light nearly came out of my nose

A digital illustration done in simple contour lines and rough pencil coloring on neutral tinted paper background of a woman reclining on a surface in a faint. Seen from a foreshortened angle from her knees and feet. She’s laying on one hip with her torso twisting to supine. The back of one hand lays across her forehead and the other is held limply on her ribs. Her head is back and her red curls spread out on the ground around her. She’s wearing a white, voluminous and old fashioned night dress. Orange lettering in an Art Nouveau style to the right reads ‘Maybe it will happen today’.

I’m willing to take a little hit in the 401k so the kids can get paid but I take your broader point

even if someone did follow your (very sensible advice), it would only take one instance of management finding a way to avoid paying up before people started leaving... unless I guess you made management raises include hiring and retaining "good" staff

I have a fond memory of the partner whose team I was in at a partner-owned consulting firm who, when I got promoted and HR said that policies precluded a raise that got me trued up to salaries at that position, said "I'm a partner, those are guidelines, give him a proper raise." Basically a unicorn.

whenever I see that phrasing in a headline, I immediately think of Mel Brooks

"Your Majesty, the peasants are revolting!"

"You said it! They stink on ice"

About the same response from the CEO of Tesla, I expect